Some would argue that our son is being deprived of a male role model because he is being raised by two women (this argument is often equally targeted at two men raising a daughter).

To that I say ‘codswallop’.

People don’t assume children raised by single parents will turn out badly – so why is it different for gay mums and dads? (Picture: Getty)

Sure, our son has plenty of male interaction between our friends and close family, but we haven’t pushed those interactions because we’re two women.

We’ve pushed those interactions because they’re decent men and we enjoy their company.

Both my sister and I were raised fatherless from an early age and we turned out just fine.

Plus, what’s funnier is that my sister and I couldn’t be more different.

I’m gay, she’s straight. I’m more masculine, she’s most definitely not. I went to college, she went to work.

I could go on. We were offered the same opportunities by my mum (a single parent) and yet we turned out so differently, regardless of the fact we didn’t have a dad.

At the end of the day we grew up to be the people we are because of the parent we were raised by, not the gender of the person we were raised by (this argument often doesn’t seem to apply to single parents, which I’m pleased about, but go figure).

I’m confident to say that the same will be said for our son, because I can’t think of anyone else I’d like to raise him with than my wife.